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AXPZ20 KNHC 261541
TWDEP 

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION                                   
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL                      
1605 UTC TUE APR 26 2016

TROPICAL WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN FROM
THE EQUATOR TO 32N...EAST OF 140W. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS
BASED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY...WEATHER OBSERVATIONS...RADAR...AND
METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

BASED ON 1200 UTC SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH
1500 UTC.     
  
...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...            
A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N86W TO 06N91W...AND FROM 10N98W
TO 07N111W. THE NORTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 08N118W TO 02N140W.
THE SOUTHERN ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 03.4S92W TO 02S111W TO 03.4S118W.
SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS FROM 03N TO 13N BETWEEN 83W AND
91W...FROM 06N TO 10N BETWEEN 96W AND 102W... FROM 05N TO 13N
BETWEEN 110W AND 116W...AND FROM 03N TO 07N BETWEEN 130W AND
134W.

...DISCUSSION...
  
N OF 15N E OF 120W... 

A 1027 MB SURFACE HIGH CENTER LOCATED NEAR 32N133W EXTENDS A
RIDGE AXIS SE TO 17N110W. A COLD FRONT IS MOVING S INTO THE
CENTRAL GULF OF CALIFORNIA. MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL FRESH
NORTHERLY WINDS ARE FOLLOWING THE FRONT ACROSS THE GULF. THE
FRONT WILL QUICKLY WEAKEN AS IT DIPS S THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH
CONDITIONS RAPIDLY IMPROVING BY TONIGHT ACROSS THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA WATERS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS
THE SAME AREA WED NIGHT WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WED
NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY...WITH THE FRONT STALLING OUT THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK ALLOWING FOR THE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS TO
PERSIST ON THU. THE FRONT FINALLY DISSIPATES AND SHIFTS EASTWARD
THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF THEREAFTER.

THE RIDGING COMBINED WITH ELONGATED TROUGHING ACROSS NW MEXICO
IS RESULTING IN A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT W OF THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA PENINSULA...WITH FRESH TO STRONG NW TO N FLOW
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO 25N OFFSHORE OF THE PENINSULA. STRONGER
WINDS ARE TO THE N OF THE DISCUSSION AREA WHERE A DEVELOPING
GALE IS IN PLACE FOR THE WATERS OFFSHORE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THESE WINDS ARE SUPPORTING FRESH 8 TO 13 FT NW SWELL. THE WINDS
WILL DIMINISH THROUGH TONIGHT WITH A NEW SURGE ANTICIPATED WED
NIGHT AS THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NW-N. THIS NEXT
ROUND OF WINDS WILL THEN DIMINISH THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT.
OTHERWISE...MAINLY MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE
WEEKEND...OCCASIONALLY PULSING TO FRESH NEAR AND OFFSHORE OF
CABO CORRIENTES.

S OF 15N E OF 110W...

MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND...EXCEPT PULSING MODERATE
OFFSHORE NOCTURNAL DRAINAGE FLOW IN THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO.

CROSS-EQUATORIAL SW SWELLS WILL REACH THE EQUATOR LATE WED WITH
COMBINED SEAS OF 6-9 FT. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS SWELL TRAIN
WILL ARRIVE AT THE SW FACING SHORES OF THE GALAPAGOS THU
NIGHT...THEN REACHING THE SHORES OF CENTRAL AMERICA FRI EVENING.
  
ELSEWHERE FROM THE EQUATOR TO 32N E OF 140W...

MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES AND COMBINED SEAS OF 6-9 FT IN MIXED
SWELL DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. LITTLE CHANGE IN THESE
CONDITIONS IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
    
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HUFFMAN